Where does “rämemetsä” come from?

rämemetsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

rämemetsä (Finnish): a forest in a boreal swamp

Definitions

  1. a forest in a boreal swamp

Ancestry of “rämemetsä”, step by step

rämemetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Finnish räme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrämeA boreal swamp type characterized by sparse...
2Englishram-strong, very
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rem-to rest
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →